The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-26
Montpelier and Vicinity.


low Smith as bel-boy at the Pavilion.
Mr.. AND Mrs. SwAzEY of Haverhill are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. j. V. Brooks
THE business of the fall term of the Wash
ington county court was completed Monday.
THE Ladies Aid Society of Trinity church
will hold socable at Hillside" this
evening.
ALL OF the Judges of the supreme court,
excepting Judge Ross, are stopping at the
Pavilion.
THE marriage of Dr. Charles f. Chandler
and Miss Cora Porter is announced to occur
tomorrow.
Mrs. II. n. TAPLIN and Miss Lucy Tap
lin are visiting at Mahlon Taplin's in Som
erville, Mass.
OCTOBER is a big month for weddings, for
proof of which see the long list of marriages
in this issue.
A MEETING of the Montpelier Ministers
Association was held at Bethany chapel
Tuesday afternoon.
w. C. BERRY and Miss Gertrude Park
have been in Boston for few days, return
ing home last evening.
CHARLES II. HEATH will add to the at
tractve appearance of his premises by
laying granite curbing.
Mr.. AND Mrs. f. w. MORSE have closed
their house for the winter and are boarding
at the Montpelier House.
DIR. G.. w. AINswoRTH has removed into
d. L. Fullers new tenement on the corner of
East Liberty and Fuller streets.
RELIGIOUS services will be held at Wrights-
vile on Sunday afternoon next at two P. NJ.
by either Mr.. Wright or Mr.. HILL
THE Original Swedish Song Quartette is
booked to appear at Blanchard Opera-house
Saturday evening, November 9Th.
A VALUABLE COW owned by w. S. Smith
lost its life in collision with train on the
Wells River road Saturday evening.
T. p. DALEY formerly manager of the
Montpelier Stock Exchange, is now in
charge of similar Office at Middlebury.
Miss ALICE LOWE of Boston is in town,
the principal object of her visit being attend
ance upon the Puffer-Kimball wedding.
READ the "great offers " at the head of
the first column on this page. Note the
changes from last weeks announcement.
c. w. BRowNELL, Jr., of Burlington is in
town to attend the session of the supreme
| court He has room at Hotel Kempton
Mrs. GEORGE S. AvERILL and son Jimmie
of Northfeld were the guests of Mrs Mary
A. Leland during the latter part of last week.
IT has been ascertained that the average
and nearly uniform weight of Barre granite
is one hundred eighty-ive pounds per cubic
! foot.
THIRTEEN applicants for admission to the
bar were examined yesterday. The names
of the successful candidates will be made
known to-day
THE new management of the Boston &
Lowell railroad has reappointed W. A.
Stowell to be superintendent of the White
Mountains division.
THE wresting-match Thursday evening
between Henderson of Wells River and
Spicer of Painfield was largely attended
and was won by the former.
THE statistics presented at the State Sun
day-school convention show that Washing
JOn county HAS ioiuy Sucu SCHoOlS, NltH
800 teachers and 1865 scholars.
SUPREME COURT general term) opened
Tuesday morning in the new courtroom at
the state-house. The docket for the pres
ent term contains fifty-one cases.
HARRY j. EDsoN, telegraph operator in the
New York city main office, is in Vermont
on a vacation and has been visiting friends
in Montpelier during the past week.
T. r. MERRILL, Jr., has suffered much
during the past week from severe cold,
being for time in danger of run of fever,
which, however, was happily averted.
THE Womans Christian Temperance
Union will meet with Mrs. Orrin Daley this
afternoon at three o'clock. The subject for
consideration will be Sunday-school work
Two pleasant whist parties have been en-
joyed by the young people during the past
week-one given Thursday evening by Miss
Lulu Ellis, the other last evening by Miss
Alice Drew.
THE Young Ladies' Missionary Society of
Bethany church will provide an oyster-sup-
per in the chapel tomorrow evening from
five o'clock until seven, of which all are in
vited to partake.
FRIENDS of Mr.. A. A. Hadley in Mont
peler and vicinity will be interested to
learn that he has been engaged to give each
week two recitals upon the large centennial
organ at the mechanics fair now being
held in Boston.
f. e. TowNER, Miss Gertrude Drew and
Miss Mary Macomber are appointed dele
gates from the Young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeavor of Bethany church to
the state convention at st. Adams next
week Tuesday and Wednesday.
THE Original Swedish Song Quartette
Company, who appear here early next
month"; will be assisted by Miss Nola Frink
pianist, Miss Lillian Bullock, violinist, and
Professor l.. L. Ryerson, humorist Their
programme is a choice one. See advertise
ment next week.
By vote of Bethany church the weekly
prayer-meeting will hereafter begin at half
past seven o'clock instead of at seven.
The Sunday evening services will begin at